Tamsin and Lashana seem to be quite different sorts of people. Contrast the two girls. Try to find five points of difference between them and write them in the table below
Tamsin
Lashana
blonde
brown
adult
teen
mum
childless
non basketball player
basket ball player
sad
angry
Stories often have a key point - the turning point of the story, when we can see what will happen in the end. Some possible key moments in this story are listed below. Choose the one you think is the most important moment. Then write a short explanation of why you think it is.
Lashana makes a mess of streaking her hair
Shay makes a mess on Lashana’s t-shirt
Kids at school make smart cracks about Lashana’s hair
Lashana wakes the baby by playing her tapes loudly
Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night
Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs
Tamsin says Shay must really like Lashana
Tamsin offers to do Lashana’s hair
Lashana offers to hold Shay
I think that when Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs is the key moment because Lashana begins to like Shay.
Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:
sympathypage five
disgustpage three
angerpage two
sullennesspage five
helpfulnesspage nine
Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply. I do feel sorry for Tamsin becauseshe can’t cope. I like Lashanaleast when she is angry. I like Lashanamost when she is helpful.
The title of this story is an expression which means “Stop annoying me”. In fact Lashana’s hair - and particularly the blonde blob - is referred to several times and helps to show what her feelings are towards Tamsin. Complete the table below which shows the links.
When the reference is made
The reference itself
What is shows about Lashana’s attitudes
When Lashana is trying to put a blonde streak in her hair
Lashana’s attempted blonde streak turns into a blonde blob
Lashana is very hostile - blames Tamsin and her baby
The next day at school
“Wish she’d stayed away”, Lashana thought at school that morning.
Lashana is resentful - angry about this
Just before bed, after an earlier argument because Lashana woke the baby
“Oh Lashana! I told you he was asleep!”
Still resentful - her feelings are not going away
After Lashana hears Tamsin crying in the night
For a moment Lashana felt wobbly inside.
Lashana feels a bit sad for Tamsin.
The blonde bit of hair was sticking up at a weird angle
Most of her differences with Tamsin have been resolved
Look At My Cool Bio Poem
CHIEFS READING WORK WEEK 10
School Journal 2000 Part Four Number Two
GET OUT OF MY HAIR
Tamsin and Lashana seem to be quite different sorts of people. Contrast the two girls. Try to find five points of difference between them and write them in the table below
Stories often have a key point - the turning point of the story, when we can see what will happen in the end. Some possible key moments in this story are listed below. Choose the one you think is the most important moment. Then write a short explanation of why you think it is.
I think that when Shay grabs Lashana’s finger when she goes to poke him in the ribs is the key moment because Lashana begins to like Shay.
Say when in the story Lashana shows each of these attitudes:
Complete the following sentences. Cross out any words which don’t apply.
I do feel sorry for Tamsin because she can’t cope.
I like Lashana least when she is angry.
I like Lashana most when she is helpful.
The title of this story is an expression which means “Stop annoying me”. In fact Lashana’s hair - and particularly the blonde blob - is referred to several times and helps to show what her feelings are towards Tamsin. Complete the table below which shows the links.